Northern Ireland News for April 2002 : Page 9
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2002
Tougher legislation for mobile phone masts introduced
Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt has announced that he is to introduce planning controls on mobile phone masts that will be stricter than any other region of the British Isles. Previously, only ma...
Tougher legislation for mobile phone masts introduced
Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt has announced that he is to introduce planning controls on mobile phone masts that will be stricter than any other region of the British Isles. Previously, only ma...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2002
"Sick and twisted" robber attacks pensioner
An elderly woman has been attacked at gunpoint in her home in south Belfast. The 78-year-old woman was assaulted and threatened with a gun during the attack at her home on the Ravenhill Road. The ma...
"Sick and twisted" robber attacks pensioner
An elderly woman has been attacked at gunpoint in her home in south Belfast. The 78-year-old woman was assaulted and threatened with a gun during the attack at her home on the Ravenhill Road. The ma...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
Stormont strategy launched to protect children's rights
The Stormont Executive is currently developing a children’s strategy aimed at enshrining the rights of children within government. The initiative, organised by the Children and Young People's Unit in...
Stormont strategy launched to protect children's rights
The Stormont Executive is currently developing a children’s strategy aimed at enshrining the rights of children within government. The initiative, organised by the Children and Young People's Unit in...
Business News, Apr 10, 2002
M&S reveal stronger than expected sales performance
UK clothing retailer, Marks & Spencer has marked a nine-month period of strong sales performance to its marketing efforts and to the early Easter holiday. The company's latest trading figures reveale...
M&S reveal stronger than expected sales performance
UK clothing retailer, Marks & Spencer has marked a nine-month period of strong sales performance to its marketing efforts and to the early Easter holiday. The company's latest trading figures reveale...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
Community raise £20,000 reward for murder appeal
Members of the community rocked by the murder of Josias McClenaghan have offered a £20,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the perpetrators of the vicious attack. Police announced th...
Community raise £20,000 reward for murder appeal
Members of the community rocked by the murder of Josias McClenaghan have offered a £20,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the perpetrators of the vicious attack. Police announced th...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
NI Prison Service gets multi-million pound facelift
Prison officers in Northern Ireland will now be able to manage the country’s inmates at the click of a mouse, thanks to a new IT system. The system will be supplied as part of a multi-million pound c...
NI Prison Service gets multi-million pound facelift
Prison officers in Northern Ireland will now be able to manage the country’s inmates at the click of a mouse, thanks to a new IT system. The system will be supplied as part of a multi-million pound c...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
NUJ meeting confirms O’Hagan murder probe is ongoing
The police investigation into the murder of a County Armagh journalist last September is “very alive”, according to Northern Ireland’s security minister. Sunday world journalist Martin O’Hagan, 51, w...
NUJ meeting confirms O’Hagan murder probe is ongoing
The police investigation into the murder of a County Armagh journalist last September is “very alive”, according to Northern Ireland’s security minister. Sunday world journalist Martin O’Hagan, 51, w...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
Divers certain bodies on board sunken boat
Divers searching the wreckage of fishing boat the Tullaghmurray Lass have said that they are now certain that the bodies of the three members of the Greene family are on board. On Wednesday afternoon...
Divers certain bodies on board sunken boat
Divers searching the wreckage of fishing boat the Tullaghmurray Lass have said that they are now certain that the bodies of the three members of the Greene family are on board. On Wednesday afternoon...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
Roman Catholic sex abuse audit to go back to 1940
An internal inquiry into child sex abuse within the 26 dioceses of the Catholic Church in Ireland will investigate allegations dating back more than 60 years it has emerged. The news follows an emerg...
Roman Catholic sex abuse audit to go back to 1940
An internal inquiry into child sex abuse within the 26 dioceses of the Catholic Church in Ireland will investigate allegations dating back more than 60 years it has emerged. The news follows an emerg...
Business News, Apr 10, 2002
SME sector is “backbone of Northern Ireland economy”
Small and medium sized businesses are the single greatest source of job creation in Northern Ireland the Stormont Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has said. Speaking in Downpatrick on We...
SME sector is “backbone of Northern Ireland economy”
Small and medium sized businesses are the single greatest source of job creation in Northern Ireland the Stormont Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has said. Speaking in Downpatrick on We...
Business News, Apr 10, 2002
Nortel expected to report lower than expected revenues
Nortel Networks has announced that it expects to report lower than expected revenues of around $2.9 billion for the first quarter of 2002. The company, which has a plant in Monkstown, County Antrim, ...
Nortel expected to report lower than expected revenues
Nortel Networks has announced that it expects to report lower than expected revenues of around $2.9 billion for the first quarter of 2002. The company, which has a plant in Monkstown, County Antrim, ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
CCEA proposes reforms to Key Stage 3 education
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) have called for the scrapping of Key Stage 3 testing for pupils. The CCEA are proposing that the first two years of primary educatio...
CCEA proposes reforms to Key Stage 3 education
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) have called for the scrapping of Key Stage 3 testing for pupils. The CCEA are proposing that the first two years of primary educatio...
Business News, Apr 10, 2002
BT unveils wireless plans
The British telecom giant BT has unveiled a set of new mobility initiatives that are expected to deliver additional revenues of £180 million a year by 2004/05 and could rise to £500 million a year in ...
BT unveils wireless plans
The British telecom giant BT has unveiled a set of new mobility initiatives that are expected to deliver additional revenues of £180 million a year by 2004/05 and could rise to £500 million a year in ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
Urban post offices under threat across UK
Consignia is continuing its restructuring policy with new plans that could result in the closure of up to 3,000 urban post offices across the UK. Under the plans, investment grants of up to £10,000 c...
Urban post offices under threat across UK
Consignia is continuing its restructuring policy with new plans that could result in the closure of up to 3,000 urban post offices across the UK. Under the plans, investment grants of up to £10,000 c...
Business News, Apr 10, 2002
NI to play key role in UK construction future
Northern Ireland is set to become a template for change in UK construction and the champion for increased investment in the industry, according to construction pioneer Sir John Egan. At the launch of...
NI to play key role in UK construction future
Northern Ireland is set to become a template for change in UK construction and the champion for increased investment in the industry, according to construction pioneer Sir John Egan. At the launch of...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
Cramphorn not applying for top police post
The Acting Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn has announced that he will not be applying for the top post as chief of the Northern Ireland Police Service. The deadline for the £130,000 a year post of ch...
Cramphorn not applying for top police post
The Acting Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn has announced that he will not be applying for the top post as chief of the Northern Ireland Police Service. The deadline for the £130,000 a year post of ch...
Business News, Apr 10, 2002
Insurance policy premiums give Easyjet cause for concern
Budget airline Easyjet has admitted it is encountering limited turbulence stemming from the 11 September attacks after warning that insurance policy premiums had “increased substantially”. The airlin...
Insurance policy premiums give Easyjet cause for concern
Budget airline Easyjet has admitted it is encountering limited turbulence stemming from the 11 September attacks after warning that insurance policy premiums had “increased substantially”. The airlin...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 10, 2002
New North Down retail and leisure park given name
North Down's new retail and leisure park, which is to create 500 jobs during the period of the building works and an anticipated excess of 1,250 once open for trade, is to be known as the Holywood Exc...
New North Down retail and leisure park given name
North Down's new retail and leisure park, which is to create 500 jobs during the period of the building works and an anticipated excess of 1,250 once open for trade, is to be known as the Holywood Exc...
Business News, Apr 10, 2002
Tesco unveil pre-tax profits and expansion plans
UK supermarket chain, Tesco have announced that the company is to create 21,000 new jobs worldwide, 9,000 of which will be in the UK. The company's expansion of its Portadown store, which created 400...
Tesco unveil pre-tax profits and expansion plans
UK supermarket chain, Tesco have announced that the company is to create 21,000 new jobs worldwide, 9,000 of which will be in the UK. The company's expansion of its Portadown store, which created 400...
Business News, Apr 9, 2002
E-learning still waiting for the revolution
The latest Training and Development 2002 survey, published annually by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has shown that less than a third of organisations are using e-learnin...
E-learning still waiting for the revolution
The latest Training and Development 2002 survey, published annually by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has shown that less than a third of organisations are using e-learnin...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 9, 2002
Belfast woman scoops prestigious Caring Award
A Belfast woman has won a £2,000 holiday in the sun as a reward for the love and attention she has shown to her family and others through very difficult times. Frances McGreevy from Turf Lodge won th...
Belfast woman scoops prestigious Caring Award
A Belfast woman has won a £2,000 holiday in the sun as a reward for the love and attention she has shown to her family and others through very difficult times. Frances McGreevy from Turf Lodge won th...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 9, 2002
Charity calls for introduction of arthritis drugs
A local health charity is calling on the Health Minister Bairbre de Brún to introduce new arthritis drugs to the NHS in Northern Ireland. Arthritis Care Northern Ireland has been lobbying the ministe...
Charity calls for introduction of arthritis drugs
A local health charity is calling on the Health Minister Bairbre de Brún to introduce new arthritis drugs to the NHS in Northern Ireland. Arthritis Care Northern Ireland has been lobbying the ministe...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 9, 2002
McGuinness speaks out about new transfer system
Education Minister, Martin McGuinness has said the new transfer system to replace the 11+ must not be stacked in the favour of higher income children. According to recent statistics, only one in eigh...
McGuinness speaks out about new transfer system
Education Minister, Martin McGuinness has said the new transfer system to replace the 11+ must not be stacked in the favour of higher income children. According to recent statistics, only one in eigh...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 9, 2002
Belfast man admits to the murder of Maria McConnell
A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a young woman in Belfast two years ago. Conor McCrory of Grangeville Gardens in Finaghy, South Belfast asked for the murder charge to be put to h...
Belfast man admits to the murder of Maria McConnell
A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a young woman in Belfast two years ago. Conor McCrory of Grangeville Gardens in Finaghy, South Belfast asked for the murder charge to be put to h...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 9, 2002
NAG job cuts could impact on Northern Ireland
Northern Irish banking staff could be hit by the latest round of redundancies in the National Australia Group (NAG) restructuring programme. The Northern Bank is one of four banks in the UK that coul...
NAG job cuts could impact on Northern Ireland
Northern Irish banking staff could be hit by the latest round of redundancies in the National Australia Group (NAG) restructuring programme. The Northern Bank is one of four banks in the UK that coul...
Business News, Apr 9, 2002
C&C to recycle Belfast bottling plant?
The Irish soft drinks maker Cantrell&Cochrane look set to breathe life again into their old site in Castlereagh which was gutted last year by fire. Over 300 people were employed by the drinks company...
C&C to recycle Belfast bottling plant?
The Irish soft drinks maker Cantrell&Cochrane look set to breathe life again into their old site in Castlereagh which was gutted last year by fire. Over 300 people were employed by the drinks company...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 9, 2002
Further expansion for UTV into Republic of Ireland
Television and Internet company, UTV has announced the acquisition of Limerick-based Treaty Radio Limited. Treaty Radio, which operates Live95FM, an independent radio station in Limerick, cost the Be...
Further expansion for UTV into Republic of Ireland
Television and Internet company, UTV has announced the acquisition of Limerick-based Treaty Radio Limited. Treaty Radio, which operates Live95FM, an independent radio station in Limerick, cost the Be...
Business News, Apr 9, 2002
Price rise for post to international destinations
Royal Mail has advised customers that new prices for international postcards, letters, small packets and printed papers to destinations outside Europe will come into effect on July 4. The overall inc...
Price rise for post to international destinations
Royal Mail has advised customers that new prices for international postcards, letters, small packets and printed papers to destinations outside Europe will come into effect on July 4. The overall inc...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 9, 2002
Real IRA "pose no threat" to Bloody Sunday police witnesses
The dissident republican paramilitary group the Real IRA has released a statement claiming the organisation poses no threat to any British army or police witnesses giving evidence to the Bloody Sunday...
Real IRA "pose no threat" to Bloody Sunday police witnesses
The dissident republican paramilitary group the Real IRA has released a statement claiming the organisation poses no threat to any British army or police witnesses giving evidence to the Bloody Sunday...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 9, 2002
NI public pays their respects to Queen Mother
Many people throughout Northern Ireland have observed a two-minute silence in honour of the Queen Mother as her funeral took place at Westminster Abbey in London. Representing the Northern Ireland pu...
NI public pays their respects to Queen Mother
Many people throughout Northern Ireland have observed a two-minute silence in honour of the Queen Mother as her funeral took place at Westminster Abbey in London. Representing the Northern Ireland pu...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.